As someone who is constantly scrolling through Pintrest and Instagram to find inspo for my next manicure, it's usually only a matter of time before I start to pick up on key styles that define the season. In spring, we saw everything from polka dots and micro-art to soap nails and mixed berry nails.
Now that we're far enough into summer, the standout trends happening on a global level couldn't be clearer. "I think nail trends are influenced by a mix of fashion, beauty, social media, celebrities and what’s happening culturally around the world," says celebrity manicurist for Color Street Jacqeuline Pham. "Runway colors and fashion trends help dictate trending shades while [social media] can turn a specific nail shape, color, or design into something that goes viral with global reach quickly."
To give you the full rundown, I created a list of the top six looks to put on your radar with the help of a few industry experts. Read on for the full list.
Seashells have take over the request lists of nail artists worldwide. Whether they're done using 3D art or painted on paired with a chrome or cat-eye finish, the nail techs are constantly finding new ways to incorporate this design into hundreds of manicures.
3D nails have been around all summer, and I honestly wouldn't be surprised if it carried into fall. I've seen everything from ocean-themed looks to molten-metal manicures that carried over from spring paired with more vibrant colors. When it comes to executing this trend, the world is your oyster.
Celeb nail artists have been taking on goth nails for A-listers like Dua Lipa and Lily Collins, so it's no surprise to see this trend on our global list. In fact, celebrity manicurist Imarni Ashman previously told Who What Wear that black and other deep shades like black cherry can make any summer tan pop.
I've been eyeing mismatched nails all summer and even noticed people getting creative with the help of different press-on nails when they don't want to spend hours at the salon. You can make each nail a different color, or focus more on different designs like these blue ones.
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When you think of red nails, your first thought might not be summer, but as celebrity nail artist Queenie Nguyen previously told Who What Wear, this bold shade can be worn year-round. "Red always makes a statement, but in summer, it feels even more vibrant against sun-kissed skin," she said.
In case you missed it, bare nail are one the biggest nail trends happening right now. But for those who can't go without polish, nude nails are a popular alternative. "Clean, sheer neutrals and barely-there shades continue to be huge globally," says Pham. "People are gravitating toward manicures that look polished and expensive without feeling overdone."
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Rudy Mance, the Emmy-nominated costume designer forFX's Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette, has always loved fashion.
After moving to New York City, Mance had a chance encounter that changed the trajectory of his career. "Through friends, I had met a stylist and fashion editor named Sarah Richardson," Mance said. "She lived in London and still does, but at the time, she was doing a lot of work in the States for I-D magazine." Through another friend, Mance eventually began working in film and television as a set costumer, dressing background actors. "I was a set costumer when I first got in, so that taught me filmmaking and what it was like to be on set and all of the hard, painstaking work that goes into it," Mance said.
For the latest episode of The Who What Wear Podcast, Mance tells Who What Wear cofounder Hillary Kerr how he made the leap from editorial styling to working on some of the biggest projects in Hollywood, how they sourced archival looks for FX's Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette, and more.
To read excerpts from the conversation, scroll below.
Talk to me a little bit about how you got into fashion in general and costume design in particular.
I grew up in a very small town, rural Indiana. [I was] always very interested in fashion but didn't really know how to break in and had moved to New York. I didn't really have a plan, so I just started working and networking. I lived on the Lower East Side, which was a very hip, trendy party part of the city.
Through friends, I had met a stylist and fashion editor named Sarah Richardson. She lived in London and still does, but at the time, she was doing a lot of work in the States for I-D magazine. I began assisting her whenever she would come to the U.S. Through my work at I-D and her, I met Edward Enninful. I would assist Edward on occasion and Sarah and a handful of other Condé Nast stylists.
Fashion assistants never make a ton of money. Monday through Friday, I would work at the magazines. On Saturdays, I would work on a taco truck on Bedford Avenue, and then on Sundays, I would work at this place called Beacon's Closet. I met a woman there who was… I didn't know what she did, but I knew she did something costume related. Her name's Laura Downing. She's still a very, very dear friend. She was a wardrobe supervisor, so she hired me to do a film with her dressing the background.
I was a set costumer when I first got in, so that taught me filmmaking and what it was like to be on set and all of the hard, painstaking work that goes into it. Then I got hired as a costumer on a show called The Knick.
Love Story is obviously a Ryan Murphy project, but this is not your first time working with him. You have worked with him on a number of projects: Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, American Horror Story, and Monster, to name a few. Even though these are very different projects, that relationship must be such an interesting one because it has evolved over time, and you start to get in each other's heads.
I came to work with Ryan Murphy through Lou Eyrich, who is Ryan's costume designer on many of his shows, and they've been working together, I think, for 25 years or so. Lou now oversees, as a producer, all of his shows in terms of the costumes, so I work very, very closely with Lou.
I want to talk a little bit about when you craft a costume for a character that's based on a real person, especially people like John F. Kennedy Jr. and like Carolyn Bessette. The world has an idea of what that legacy looks like, but your responsibility is also to the new viewer. How do you balance all of those things?
I always try to approach every single thing from a point of reality in terms of costume design, even though it has to look intriguing and aspirational and all of these things because it is for TV. No matter who the character is, whether it's pretty or ugly, it should always feel real. Even though they are costumes, they should feel like clothes, and nothing should ever be too, too precious. Kind of like the two of them, nothing should ever be trying too hard. It really just comes down to style, and thank god Paul [Anthony Kelly] and Sarah [Pidgeon] [are] both very stylish in their own right, and they could pull off almost anything.
Talk to me about sourcing.
Incredible, incredible team of assistants and shoppers. Yes, 1stDibs. Yes, Etsy. Yes, eBay. We had a team of shoppers here in L.A. that would pull from the rental houses and from the various vintage shops here. We went everywhere in New York. Vintage shops. We even would, if we really were struggling, go to Philadelphia. Then a lot of pieces came from abroad. We had a Prada purse from Ukraine.
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Japanese eBay, at one point, because we were struggling. In terms of archives, yes, as much as we could. Sunita Kumar Nair was incredible and introduced us to Yohji Yamamoto. I don't know if we wound up using anything from Yohji's archives, and same with Prada. … Yohji Yamamoto and Prada, I think they had both just opened their flagships in New York in 1995, so they weren't fully set up with archives. So that Yohji suit with the ruffle, the tan and black, they didn't even have it in their archives.
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Then we wound up having to make it. In terms of Calvin [Klein], I think we have the most vintage Calvin archive of all time now. It was really important for me to use as much vintage as we could throughout the series.
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This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
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The last few weeks of summer are approaching faster than anticipated. Those 8 p.m. sunsets are about to come to a close, and the constant envelope of warmth is going to be replaced with a steady breeze and chill in the air. Pre-fall is almost here, but in the interim, It girls are still wearing summer-friendly outfits until fall arrives in full force. For example, Zoe Saldaña was spotted wearing a summer ensemble comprised of three basic items: a tank top, Bermuda shorts, and ballet flats. Yes, that's it.
Saldaña took the "less is more" approach with her all-black basics, including a Brandon Maxwell bodysuit, Vaquera lace-trim shorts, and Maison Margiela ballet flats. Looking cool, especially during the last few weeks of summer, doesn't require much overthinking. The simpler you go, the more stylish you look. It's all about effortlessness, and Saldaña proves my point.
If you agree, keep scrolling to re-create Saldaña's easy-to-copy summer uniform and shop more fitted tank tops, Bermuda shorts, and ballet flats.
